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Title: Full Fighter Pay Info For UFC 79
Post by: Bluto on December 30, 2007, 05:22:47 AM
The following are the complete reported pay outs to fighters who participated on the UFC 79 "Nemesis" fight card on December 29th:

-Georges St. Pierre ($160,000) def. Matt Hughes ($100,000)
-Chuck Liddell ($500,000) def. Wanderlei Silva ($150,000)
-Eddie Sanchez ($46,000) def. Sao Palelei ($5,000)
-"Lyoto" Ryoto Machida ($60,000) def. Sokoudjou ($40,000)
-Rich Clementi ($28,000) def. Melvin Guillard ($10,000)
-James Irvin ($16,000) def. Luis Cane ($5,000)
-Manny Gamburyan ($20,000) def. Nate Mohr ($6,000)
-Dean Lister ($22,000) def. Jordan Radev ($5,000)
-Roan Carneiro ($10,000) def. Tony DeSouza ($7,000)
-Mark Bocek ($6,000) def. Doug Evans ($3,000)

Total disclosed fighter pay out: $1,199,000

The KO, submission and fight of the night bonuses were as follows:

The fight of the night, which is no surprise - went to Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva. Both fighters received an additional $50,000 to their contracted purses (Liddell received $500,000, Silva a cool $150,000).

Submission of the night honors were given to Georges St. Pierre for his armbar victory over Matt Hughes in their interim Welterweight title rubber match. The armbar victory gave him an additional $50,000, which adds to his $160,000 official fight purse.

Due to lack of options, knockout of the night went to Eddie Sanchez, for his stoppage of the newcomer Sao Palelei. Sanchez received $50,000 on top of his contracted salary of $46,000.
Title: Re: Full Fighter Pay Info For UFC 79
Post by: Bluto on January 01, 2008, 07:09:00 AM
updated now with full info
Title: Re: Full Fighter Pay Info For UFC 79
Post by: 20inch calves on January 02, 2008, 07:27:46 AM
i thought wandy would bring in more money
Title: Re: Full Fighter Pay Info For UFC 79
Post by: 20inch calves on January 02, 2008, 07:30:00 AM
the 3k 5k 10k purses are just silly..i mean come on dana needs to pay these fighters something.
Title: Re: Full Fighter Pay Info For UFC 79
Post by: Bluto on January 02, 2008, 08:02:54 AM
sanchez had a great payday - $96.000 dollars!!

Title: Re: Full Fighter Pay Info For UFC 79
Post by: Faust on January 02, 2008, 10:07:02 AM
I'm surprised that hughes and st. Pierre aren't getting more.
Sure, Lidell is a big name, but is he worth five times as much as hughes?
Title: Re: Full Fighter Pay Info For UFC 79
Post by: Bluto on January 02, 2008, 10:46:25 AM
chuck got a good contract indeed. thats why we never hear him complain about the ufc  :D
Title: Re: Full Fighter Pay Info For UFC 79
Post by: 20inch calves on January 02, 2008, 04:41:10 PM
sanchez had a great payday - $96.000 dollars!!




yes he did..especially since it was the most boring fight of the night
Title: Re: Full Fighter Pay Info For UFC 79
Post by: 20inch calves on January 02, 2008, 04:42:59 PM
chuck got a good contract indeed. thats why we never hear him complain about the ufc  :D


so true.
Title: Re: Full Fighter Pay Info For UFC 79
Post by: Bluto on January 06, 2008, 06:45:53 AM
Manny got a good days pay there. finished the fight in a few minutes. coming to the ufc straight outta TUF show and getting paid nearly as much as veteran dean lister
Title: Re: Full Fighter Pay Info For UFC 79
Post by: On_Swole on January 06, 2008, 11:54:38 AM
I'm surprised that hughes and st. Pierre aren't getting more.
Sure, Lidell is a big name, but is he worth five times as much as hughes?

What you have to understand is that a fighter is guaranteed a certain amount for the fight and if he wins, his guaranteed purse is doubled. For instance, had Lidell lost, he would've only made 250k, and Silva would've made 300k. Lidell and Silva's guaranteed purses being 250k and 150k, respectively. Same applies all the way to the bottom, which is why you see those guys making 3k and 6k.